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Essays from building TezBlock. What works, what doesn't, and why most app blockers fail the same way.

Essay · June 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Why Screen Time's Ignore Limit button is the entire reason it doesn't work

Apple's most ambitious behavioral tool had to be a parental control, an enterprise MDM feature, and a personal focus app all at once. Trying to be all three broke the third.

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